1. It is loosely based on the real-life story of Gordon (named “Peter” in the film), a former slave, and the photographs of his bare back, heavily scourged from an overseer’s whippings, that were published worldwide in 1863, giving the abolitionist movement proof of the cruelty of American slavery.

Cast: Will Smith as Peter, Ben Foster as Jim Fassel, Charmaine Bingwa as Dodienne, Steven Ogg as Confederate Sergeant Howard, Gilbert Owuor as Gordon, Mustafa Shakir as Lt. Andrew Cailloux, Grant Harvey as Leeds, Ronnie Gene Blevins as Harrington, Jayson Warner Smith as Capt. John Lyons